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Miami Beach mayor opposes DeSantis' stance against face mask mandates - WPLG Local 10
Jul 31, 2021 1 min, 5 secs
Ron DeSantis to support the return of face mask mandates as the U.S.

Aileen Marty, an infectious diseases expert with Florida International University, said new CDC data shows the average infected person is passing the variant on to six to eight other people.

“If you overwhelm the protection you develop from the vaccine, you are going to get infected, and you are going to have symptoms most likely and you are going to be contagious to others,” Marty said.

Marty said face mask use and vaccines are two of the many preventive measures people need to be taking.

“Since no single public health measure is 100%; you have to layer your protections,” Marty said.

Both Miami-Dade and Broward counties mandated face masks in government buildings.

The CDC recommended, “universal indoor masking for all teachers, staff, students, and visitors to K-12 schools, regardless of vaccination status.” In response, Broward County Public Schools mandated the use of face masks starting on the first day of school Aug.

Miami-Dade County Public Schools students return to class Aug.

DeSantis said he wants to prohibit face mask mandates at public schools in Florida.

In his letter, he added a graph highlighting how hospitalizations plummeted when Miami-Dade County put a mask mandate in place — and how it surged once again when DeSantis banned the measures.

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